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TGFF!

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., is a chain of 557 “Old Country Stores”, each combining a retail store and a restaurant in 41 states across the United States. Currently they have 4 in New Mexico but none in California =( The Cracker Barrel chain serves traditional Southern comfort food, including grits, and their outlets […]

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Bad Rice, Good rice

Have you ever left your cooked rice in the rice cooker overnight?  Well, if you do, fear not…fried rice is for you. Ham, sun dried tomatoes, broccoli, egg, onions. Artichoke hearts on the side. You know what’s weird?  All the ingredients are from Costco! =P

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Holy Burrito!

What do you call a burrito made for a pastor? Burrito Al Pastor? =P But seriously, there really is something called burrito Al pastor…I just found out today while looking up Mexican restaurants in Las Cruces: Mexican-style Al pastor meat is a dish similar to the Turkish doner kebab, Shawarma, or the Greek gyros. Usually […]

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Halal Cart

Halal: the term is most commonly used in the narrower context of just Muslim dietary laws, especially where meat and poultry are concerned, though it can be used for the more general meaning, as well. This dichotomy of usage is similar to the Hebrew term “kosher” There’s a road side food cart in New York, […]

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blueberry, raspberry…

…strawberry, boysenberry, lingonberry…but what the heck is pinkberry????? Last month when I visited LA, I found out a new fad has started in LA: PinkBerry No Photography inside! But you can tell it’s definately stylish — just like Apple stores! So what do they sell? Frozen yogurt starting at a whopping $3.50. Above: $4.95 (medium […]